November - December 2022

Scotland Magazine

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The Edinburgh Woman Who Found A King
It’s a story that seems straight out of a Hollywood script and so it’s surprising that it’s taken 10 years to come to screen, but finally Edinburgh-based writer-turned-historic-sleuth Philippa Langley MBE is getting the spotlight she deserves. The Lo
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Editor’s Letter
The past couple of months have been a time of much sadness across Scotland, following the death of The Queen at her beloved Balmoral, and so we pay tribute to her in Scotland Says Goodbye (p28) by tracing her final journey through the country she so
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Ticket To Ride
Getting around Scotland without a car has just got a little easier thanks to a new timetable of affordable daily coach routes connecting Scottish cities. FlixBus will now provide daily connections to and from Glasgow, Stirling, Perth, and Aberdeen th
Scotland Magazine1 min read
The Skye’s No Limit
Edinbane Lodge, the reputable restaurant with rooms on the Isle of Skye, has been awarded Four AA Rosettes – the only restaurant on Skye to receive the accolade and one of just six restaurants to be awarded Four AA Rosettes across Scotland. Run by ch
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Editor’s Diary
1 The Globe Inn and Dumfries Dumfries is a must for any Burns fan – it’s where the national bard spent his later years and where his mausoleum can be visited. Burns was known to like a drink and The Globe Inn, just off Dumfries’ high street, was his
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Never Miss Nessie
New webcams located along the shores of Loch Ness mean that Nessie hunters can now keep an eye out for Nessie 365 days of the year, wherever they are. Cameras are now located at five locations around the famous loch, including the Craigdarroch Hotel
Scotland Magazine1 min read
Inverlochy Expands
Inverlochy Castle, a stunning Highlands country house hotel, has announced ambitious renovation plans, which will see it add an extra eight bedrooms, bringing its full capacity to 35 bedrooms. The five-star 19th-century castle in the foothills of Ben
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Notes From The Isles
A friend of my daughter Mary recently organised a pilgrimage from Craig Phadraig, above Inverness, to Iona, and Mary decided to join the expedition. The route retraced the steps of St Columba and his 12 disciples (in the opposite direction) who came
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We’ve Got Mail
When I first saw the article on Tighnabruaich (Issue 123, September 2022), my memory flew back 70 years ago. I was a member of the First Glasgow Company of the Boys’ Brigade, the original company. Every Glasgow Fair we left town from the Broomielaw o
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Over The Sea To Skye
Our skippers spot it first: a dark lump on the horizon. There’s a scramble as a second pair of binoculars is found and shared around, each of us careful not to take our eyes off the distant point while we wait our turn. Silence as we stand on the shi
Scotland Magazine1 min read
The Stone Comes Home
Stolen by the English during the reign of King Edward I and finally returned to the Scots in 1996, the Stone of Destiny is being brought back to its rightful home of Perth in 2024 after a period of 700 years. Originally kept in Scone Abbey within the
Scotland Magazine6 min read
Scotland Says Goodbye
They came in their tens of thousands, residents of and visitors to Edinburgh, who lined the Royal Mile and crammed into the streets around it to pay their respects to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, who had died at Balmoral Castle just days before. E
Scotland Magazine5 min read
A Good Catch
Historically, there has been a long legacy of commercial fishing in Scotland where it has developed from a subsistence activity – one undertaken to feed the fisher and their immediate community by the earliest settlers in Scotland, around 7000 BC – t
Scotland Magazine3 min read
From Scotland, With Love
With a story stretching back to 1892, Lochcarron of Scotland is the world’s leading manufacturer of tartan, and a label any Scottish person would be proud to have in their wardrobe. Lochcarron’s skilled craftspeople handmake its tartan and tweed in t
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Top Scottish Shops
Here are three of the best places to shop on your next visit to Scotland. The definition of Scottish luxury retail, Multrees Walk, just off St Andrew Square in Edinburgh, is home to some of the finest designer brands, as well as Scotland’s only Harve
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Travels With Tom
Kilmartin Glen, in mid Argyll, is home to an extraordinary profusion of prehistoric monuments laced with important sites from the more recent past. What links these places? And how did the people who built them view the earlier structures? The glen –
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The Unsung Warrior
On 11 September 1297, the Scottish army of William Wallace and Andrew Moray, his co-commander, delivered a resounding victory over the English at Stirling Bridge. Many people around the world are familiar with the name William Wallace – the award-win
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HOTELS WITH history
The city of Edinburgh is layered with stories, from tales of medieval kings and queens to rumours concerning Regency writers and Victorian visionaries, and a stay in one of the city’s many historic hotels will get you closer to some of these stories.
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Royal Titles
We have a new king. On the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth II on 8 September 2022 and his accession to the throne, HRH Prince Charles became King Charles III. In Scotland, he is King of Scots, the title inherited from James VI of Scots when he al
Scotland Magazine5 min read
Between the Uists
Benbecula is one of the smaller vertebrae that comprise the spine of the Outer Hebrides’ island chain. Just eight miles long and eight miles broad in the beam, nature has neatly slotted it, in a pleasingly jigsaw-like way, between North and South Uis
Scotland Magazine5 min read
Tibet on White Esk
It’s not a sight you’d expect to see in the Scottish Lowlands: cheerful prayer flags flapping in the breeze around a gleaming, white-and-gold stupa. With only small villages for miles around, western Europe’s largest Buddhist temple, Kagyu Samye Ling
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Catching The Light
John Lowrie Morrison (known affectionately as Jolomo) is very much one of Scotland’s best-loved painters. Imitation is indeed the sincerest form of flattery: you only have to visit any one of a host of galleries to see the number of Jolomo-like print
Scotland Magazine2 min read
Dates For Your Diary
19 November 2022 – 3 January 2023 EDINBURGH’S CHRISTMAS, EDINBURGH Watch as the city is transformed into a real-life winter wonderland, with traditional Christmas markets, pop-up ice rinks and Christmas light trails. visitscotland.com/see-do/events/c
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The Story Behind…
I started work on Cheers, Mr. Churchill! Winston in Scotland on the day the UK went into its first Covid-19 lockdown. These restrictions presented challenges to every aspect of life and producing the first full account of Winston Churchill’s 15 years
Scotland Magazine3 min read
Win A Luxury Escape To The Isle Of Skye
Think of the most amazing parts of Scotland, and, of course, your mind will turn to Skye. The dramatic setting for many blockbuster films and TV programmes, Skye is regularly listed among the world’s best-loved islands. Now you, our loyal readers, ar
Scotland Magazine1 min read
St Mungo Reopens
One of Glasgow’s most cherished museums has reopened after an extended period of closure, despite concerns it would close permanently. Thanks to a petition by Interfaith Glasgow, St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art, named after Glasgow’s patron

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